Cucumber Reports (no 6469) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6469	23 Jun 2026, 11:29

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:13.647	Passed

19.850

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.749

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 13.044

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.297

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.748

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.651

When the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.962

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.903

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.138

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.313

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.522

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.185

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.921

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.236

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.995

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.395

Output 1

Warning: these queries were allowed but not needed: ["fedoraproject.org."]

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.829

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.556

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.162

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 50.604

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.495

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:9.949

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.690

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.260

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 48.836

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.158

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.026

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.062

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.668

And the computer boots Tails 32.947

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.338

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.351

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.504

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.076

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 17.706

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.828

Scenario I can manually recover from time sync failure when connecting automatically to obfs4 bridges with a clock East of UTC

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.582

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.195

And all notifications have disappeared 3.541

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.143

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.536

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.819

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.786

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.483

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.947

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.357

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.503

Scenario I can connect to obfs4 bridges having a clock East of UTC while hiding that I am using Tor

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.596

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.169

And all notifications have disappeared 3.458

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.187

# Anti-test: Users east of UTC can't connect to obfs4 bridges

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode without connecting 4.050

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.474

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.814

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.434

# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.225

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.131

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.963

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.461

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.231

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.246

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.441

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.078

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 7.307

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.396

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:13.647	Passed

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